Equipartition: monatomic ⟨U⟩/NkT = 3/2, C_V/Nk = 3/2, γ = 5/3; diatomic γ = 7/5

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the statistical-mechanics-chemistry subtree

Sympy-exact symbolic witness of the canonical adiabatic-index values for monatomic and classical-diatomic ideal gases. Setup: apply equipartition with f=3 (monatomic, 3 translational DoF) or f=5 (diatomic, 3 translational + 2 rotational,…

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